ornamentally

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adverb

In an ornamental way.

Similar
decoratively
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English ornamental →
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Meanings

adverbornamentally (comparative more ornamentally, superlative most ornamentally)

comparative more ornamentally · superlative most ornamentally

  1. In an ornamental way.

    a great heavy, many-armed candlesticklike thing which sits ornamentally in the center of the table

    1993, Daniel Pool, What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew

    Synonyms: decoratively

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an ornamental way.

Similar
decoratively

Origin

  1. Englishornament
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishornamental
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Englishornamentally

From ornamental + -ly.

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APA

ornamentally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornamentally

MLA

“ornamentally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornamentally. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornamentally,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornamentally.

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